10-letter words containing w, e, a
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- sternwards — towards the stern; astern
- stewardess — a woman flight attendant.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- store away — keep
- straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
- strawberry — the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- streetward — towards or in the direction of the street
- streetwear — fashionable casual clothes
- sunset law — a statute that includes provision for automatic termination of a government program, agency, etc., at the end of a specified time period unless it is reauthorized by the legislature.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- swammerdam — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.
- swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
- swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
- swear word — A swear word is a word which is considered to be rude or offensive. Swear words are usually used when people are angry.
- sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
- sweat suit — a set of garments consisting of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweatpants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- sweepstake — a sweepstakes.
- sweet flag — an aroid marsh plant, Acorus calamus, having swordlike leaves, small greenish flowers, and aromatic roots
- sweet gale — a shrub, Myrica gale, of northern swamp regions, having yellow catkin-like flowers and aromatic leaves: family Myricaceae
- sweet talk — cajolery, persuasion by flattery
- sweet-talk — to use cajoling words.
- sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
- sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- sweetmeats — a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
- sweetwater — a city in NW Texas.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- table wine — a wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol and is usually served as an accompaniment to food.
- take a bow — to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- tawheowheo — a broadleaved evergreen, Quintinia serrata, of New Zealand's North Island
- tegakwitha — Tekakwitha